What, wait, John Armstrong just said what?
I’m sorry, what?
John Armstrong: Labour is fast becoming a political cot-case
To claim any direct correlation between the contents of a Budget and the outcome of an election is dubious in the extreme, however, no matter how many sweeteners have been loaded upon the former.
The most that can be said this far out from Election Day is that this year’s edition makes it more unlikely that National will lose office.
In Labour’s case, that document swiftly turned out to be yet another hurdle tripping up the hapless party.
To put it bluntly, the major Opposition party is in such a parlous condition that the Budget may turn out to be an irrelevance.
Labour is fast becoming a political cot-case. Labour’s priority at this election may well be ensuring the party emerges from the coming scrap still the major Opposition party.
…I’n sorry, what?
John Armstrong writing off the Labour Party just before an election?
Where have I seen that before again?
Remember when John demanded Cunliffe resign during fake news claims that Donghua Liu donated $100000 for a bottle of wine that never existed?
So that very same John Armstrong who demanded Cunliffe resign over a bottle of wine that never existed months before the 2014 election is now months from the 2017 election writing Labour off again?
The bias towards National in our mainstream media is the main reason why the Opposition can’t get cut through to the voters. I’m surprised National aren’t at 99% in the polls with pundits like Armstrong who are more propagandist than journalist.
One of the incredible insights to Corbyn’s amazing rise in the polls is that rise has coincided with the media restrictions and obligations of balance in the election period.
If there is a change of Government in September, it will be despite the NZ media, not because of it.
Also , Corbyn’s rapid poling rise means their continued ridicule would start to make the MSM look ridiculous.
D J S
Old habits die hard. Not surprising at all, considering Armstrong has been one of the Natz major mouth pieces over the past three electoral cycles and it seems he’s being enticed to do the same this election!
The Natz must be getting really desperate, getting a retired old hack to continue the dirty work on its behalf.
Wouldn’t be at all surprised to see the Natz circus roll out super clown JK on the election campaign trail soon, like a creepy ventriloquist’s doll, to help bring in the votes!
Interesting point Mary. I’ll not be surprised to see Key doing selfies with English on the campaign trail.
Also watch for the Nats to launch their campaign at the Waterview ribbon cutting next month.
@ MUTTON BIRD … With Natz sleazy knight of the realm doing the ribbon cutting no doubt! Killing two birds with one stone, so to speak.
Armstrong has become irrelevant. His observations are spurious and make no sense.
I dismiss him as a “commentator” waaaay past his use-by date.
This election is shaping up to be the most boring in our history and suite the NATZ because it is less to mess the rotten Wellington swamp with?
Hope some leaks occur as they did over in USA to spike things up again, but no chance if SS Joyce has his way and continues to silence all the lambs again as usual.
Time to drain the swamp.
I believe Judith Collins’ husband has already been working hard at that for some years now.
Well, I think that we cannot simply blame it all on media bias, although that is part of the problem. Labour have so far released very little in the way of information of what their policies will be based on.
It appears almost, as if the main spear head in the election is supposed to be their re-hashed Kiwi Build policy.
And as there is so much uncertainty, no clear line on taxation, on welfare, on this, that and the other, the MSM see too little to bother reporting on, which only makes things worse.
Listening to the young Green and Labour candidates that were on The Nation, it is all yet to be “discussed” and “negotiated” what the end result will be, so how can people vote an “alternative” that is so opaque and so unclear about things?
A Labour Party that is too scared to say things that may upset some in the “centre” and in the media, will not convince.
That is my main concern, and as much as John Armstrong may have a personal bias also, he may unfortunately be right, should we not witness some improvement with both Labour and Greens very soon.
You cant afford to put out policy early as the nats will pilfer it and call it their own.